Desolation Boulevard

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Desolation Boulevard
Desolation Boulevard cover
Studio album by Sweet
Released November 1974
Recorded  ???
Genre Rock
Length 43:10
Label RCA Records
Producer(s) Mike Chapman in association with Nicky Chinn
Professional reviews
Sweet chronology
Sweet Fanny Adams
(1974)		 Desolation Boulevard
(1974)		 Strung Up
(1975)


Desolation Boulevard, released in 1974, is the second album by Sweet. It contains one of the band's best known hits, "Fox on the Run". (The U.S. version also includes the smash "Ballroom Blitz".) Though coolly received by most rock critics, it made #79 on Joe S. Harrington's Top 100 Albums in 2002-2003.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] US version

includes 3 songs from the original European release, plus 5 tunes from Sweet Fanny Adams (unreleased in the US), and 2 other tracks including "Ballroom Blitz"
  1. "Ballroom Blitz" (Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn) – 4:06
  2. "The 6-Teens" (Chapman, Chinn) – 4:05
  3. "No You Don't" (Chapman, Chinn) – 4:36
  4. "A.C.D.C." (Chapman, Chinn) – 3:28
  5. "I Wanna Be Committed" (Chapman, Chinn) – 3:13
  6. "Sweet F.A." (Andy Scott, Mick Tucker, Brian Connolly, Steve Priest) – 6:15
  7. "Fox On The Run (Scott, Tucker, Connolly, Priest) – 3:27
  8. "Set Me Free" (Scott) – 3:59
  9. "Into The Night" (Scott) – 4:25
  10. "Solid Gold Brass" (Connolly, Priest, Tucker, Scott) – 5:35

[edit] European Version

the European (original) version of this album has the same cover but mostly different songs, as follows:
  1. "The Six Teens" (Chapman, Chinn)
  2. "Solid Gold Brass" (Scott, Tucker, Connolly, Priest)
  3. "Turn It Down" (Chapman, Chinn)
  4. "Medussa" (Scott)
  5. "Lady Starlight" (Scott)
  6. "Man With The Golden Arm" (Bernstein, Fine)
  7. "Fox On The Run" (Scott, Tucker, Connolly, Priest)
  8. "Breakdown" (Scott, Tucker, Connolly, Priest)
  9. "My Generation" (Townshend)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Chart positions

  • 1973 Ballroom Blitz – #2 UK; #5 US
  • 1974 The 6-Teens – #9 UK
  • 1975 Fox on the Run – #2 UK; #5 US; #1 Australia

[edit] Miscellanea

The boulevard shown on the cover is the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood.

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